The Financial Industry Competency Standards (FICS) is a comprehensive quality assurance framework developed by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), with a certification and accreditation system that aims at raising the quality of the financial workforce and training providers.

The FICS framework encompasses job families across all sectors including Wealth Management.

Visit the official FICS website

FICS job families

WMI is the appointed Lead Provider of FICS-accredited training and assessment programmes for the following job families:

• Wealth Management – Relationship Management – High Net Worth.
• Wealth Management – Investment Advisory Services.
• Wealth Management – Trust & Estate Planning.
• Wealth Management – Trust Administration.

WMI’s role

As the appointed Lead Provider, WMI aims to:

• Deliver high-quality FICS-accredited assessment programmes for all four job families.
• Assist financial institutions on their adoption of FICS.
• Provide general information on the career opportunities in the wealth management industry related to the programmes administered by WMI.
• For more information on FICS-accredited training and assessment programmes, contact us or visit www.fics.org.sg.